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PARLIA H 01.1.4; OF 1,01(13:7., kS . t DNESDAY, re f /3. 18. 'j'•• e j urge p;oceeded in Appeals. - The Royal A.4sent %vas u ntified by Connnis.inn to he Irish Gland Jury Presentnient Suspension Bill. Co - inn;lssioners were the Lord Chancellor, the .‘4l,tictuisOt Cl►ulu►oncicley, and 4be Earl of Shat r• 1411 6 .. Hutchinson, ft 010•1 he Blnk of England, Accounts of Bulk Notes. and Bank ••t Bills in-cirettlation ; the Account of 'Gold in outrhased by the Bank ; the Course of Ex— ch,n,.:e upon Patis, Harnborgh, and Lisbon ; 'B‘. • - 7 —Ordeted to be printed. The 30,000,000/. Exchequer• Bills Bill, and the '7l At Duties Bill, were read a second tittle; and c!Pirolttvd ,for to-tnorrovr.-.—Adjourtted till to 'ffitkrrow (this day ) HOUSE OF CONINIONS. A Petition i S presented from certain persons in Glouces tershire against the employment of Climbing Boys, Mr. SHAW piistpontd. until Tuesday". the 47th April next, his Motion ret.pe6.ing the Petitions on the lush Window Tax. Mr. Jones presented from the Crown Office an Account of Fees received for COoies of Informations during the last year. Mr. PRtYEHEBOE brought up the Report of the Select Com, ittce, to exew pt'from . Puties (.7oal aril Culm shipped in the St vent carried cuii3tways.— . 7Leave was granted to bring in the Mr. f,USHINGTON laid on the Table Abstracts of the 'Produce of the Itevenue of the United Kingdom, from Jan. Vitt.; to 17, dis* . 'ngusiiing the quarters, and the total produce of the Co.!. ir; ant! Excise. lii a Committee of the whole House, on the'Madders Duty Bill, Mr. UTSHINGTCIN got leave to bring in a Bill to con— thine for a' ime to be limited. • The Annual Indemnii y QualifiatiOn Bill was read a second time—to be counititted that Clay k'ittiight. CITY PRISONS. Alderman Woon prefaced his motion on this sub(-ct,‘ by admitting that there Were many in t ses, but by' no Melift3 to such an extent as had been repreSented. '• lie must do the Nohle i.ord at the - head of the Home Department the justice to say, that he had done every thing in his power to remove convicts front Newgate. The principal evil was, that the Middlesex Magistrates had the, power to commit to Newgate, and these commit ments had increased within a few years io the proportion of seven to one. He alluded to the sullerngs which convicts underwent on their passage to Botany Bay, as a subject worthy of Legislative attention. In February, 1814, two iloodred convicts were put on board a'vessel, and fifty died before they reached their destination, This arose front sending them out at a wrong season of the year, by which they were subjected to ex tremes' of hear in-passing the line, and then ar rived at a high southern latitude in the cold season. After paying some compliments to th ,e Magistrates in gent:id; 'he declared that be bad do other nio. tine for his motion than to relieve the prisons from an excessive number of inmates. He should therefore only move, That a Committee be ap pointed to inquire into the state of Newgate and tbe,yther prisons in the City of London and the BororL:b of :iota Wdl li, and to report their opi nions t!•,!reoo." Mr. E.T.admitted that most of the defects in tile of Newgate arose front want of Ytvolu ; but he regretted to say that there was a system. of Tanttof clothing; in that prison some oldie prisoners being so.destitute us almost, to be stalk tittised. IVith respect to food, it was scanty, and those who had no ft iends were 111 dan ger of almost starving, but for the assistance of their. companious. The bread was as bad as conid he . ; and it was only since the subject was started in that House that they had -changed their baker. Within these few days the Aldermen had, however, been uncommonly active in visiting the prisoos, ante) potting there into a sort of coml.! dress for the view of the Committee. He, there fore,hoped the Comtnittee would consider, that if they found Newgate fresh whitewashed., it was not the state in which it was genet - ally to be seen, and therefore they must snake allowance for the condition they might find it in. *Sit W. CURTIS justified the conduct of the Al- 7 dirmen, and denital that there was either a scan tiness of -food- irl Newgate, or that it was of a had quality. Each prisoner had tour pounds of good Meet per week, and the bread was fit for any GRilleman's table. He also denied that any pre parations were made in vxpectation of a visit from a Cprnmittee of the House. Men wore sent to prison for punishment, and four 'pounds of meat per week was- as'much as they, deserved, or ouglrt t) have. _ _ _ Mr. BENKET replied, that he had seen the bread, and could verify his previous statemeHt. Mr. WARRE, who had been.a Member of the foi trier Committee, said, that the visitors had de tected tl,e. Gtmlemen making the prisons habit ab:e, -which' they were not before.. ilt the Bo ,Compter they found almost as many white washers, glaziers, &c. as prisoners. He.allnded to the cafe of .an inquest on the . body of John Birl, who died in 'Tothill-fields prison, and who I ; ;,;' b e en confined,in a small room with six other v i.,,,05 ; and the surgeon. swore that hisdeath was oc:,_sioned more by want of food than want of 'Lie Coroner threatened to commit the torhkey for prevarication, and it was recommended that he yho4,ld be dismissed. lie wished to know fr,,m a t iy Gvntlernan Who had ill) ) , control over tLwt prison, ‘sbeiher be had been dismissed.— er • lung corist , !tation the Jury retnrned a ver dir!, t!, at the mancliedfor want of food and me dical aid. This Was a strihing : proof that the slate of nor mison3 -ought to be minutely itiquiled into, and their`defeets and abuse re medied. The Motion was then agreed to. CHIMNEY SWEEPERS. Loud MILTON, on moving to present a Petition from ceitain Inhabitants of York in favour of the Chimney Sa-erping Act, - expressed his concern that it wodd be impossible to put an end to the practice altogether, as there were many chimneys that could not be swept by any machine. Ile thought, if the Bill was passed precipitately, its object_ would be defeated ; but ranxions . that it might he made'as effectual arforSsible, he would suggest that some clause should he introduced, liOug — a penalty on the emploYit4t-nt of boys. where they could'at all be dispensed with ; and offering some compensation for using machines with sue eess,itt chimneys that'yVete supposed impracticable by them. Mr. MiNNET did not think the objections of the Noble. Lord plausible, at nine out of teat of the chimneys that could only be savept by boys, wet e those.of petsons of property,_ who could afford to have them altered.. The lion. Gentleman spoke with great humanity on the miseries of the poor creatures of four and five years old, i devoted to this shocking trade, and hoped the year 1818 would not be disgraced by suffering its &mil nuance. Lord Mt LTotq c*plained, that he only objected to the measure, for fear the Bill should be lost liy trying to make -it attain its object on a sudden, without considering the difficulties to be encoun tered. Mr. LITTLETON thought the greatest point would he to make the Bill -.so effectual, that it should be impossible to evade or quaii!) , it ; and that no child should be employed under any cir cumstances whatever. _ The petition was then ordered to - .lie on the table. SALE OF GAME. Mr. G. BANKEs, on rising to move fora Bill 'to prevent the Seale of Ghtne, observed, that h. cold(' see no reasonable objection to it. If buy ing and selling of Game were prevented, it world put an end to the distruction of it by poachers, who incurred all the penalties and punishments to which they werp.subject, for the sake of getting money by the, sale of it. The provisions of the Bail would to to rendei all persons, whether qua lified or not, liable . to the same rualties foi' G:•ine. lie conelnded with moving, " 'flat leave be given to 'bring in a Bill to prevent the Df a ruction or Sale of Ganie." , Mrl . ColiwitT.st thought the measure perfectly; in aderpiate; and would tend to make the oppressive Game Laws more odious.. There were 1200 per: sons committed to prison last year tor ntlenee under the Game Laws. - He would rather see. all goalifications done away, leaving all persons whatever who had any property an equal, right, which would prevent. she odium that now attached to every Gentleman who endeavoured to preserve his Game. At all events, the penalty fur Game should only be . a moderate fine, as was the case. for stealing turnips, which had put au end to such depredations that were 'formerly so cornmon. He wished, however, the Hon. Gentleman would bring in a ineastne that Wonld strike at the root, of the evil, as he was sure 'this would never an swer; for afraid that no penalties would prevent the' temptation of purchasing.. He should be glad to •ssee the whole of the' odious Game Laws swept away, as they were a disgrace 'to the Statute Bonk. Mr. WARRE did not think that in the present state of society, when there were so many persons possessing manorial tights, it could be expected that any Legislative measure could prevent the sale of pone. An I-lon. Member brought in a Bill two years ago with a similar view ; but seve ral parts . Of 'which were 's6 severe,•that they were repealed in the following Session. There was also another Bill 'proposed last Session of a directly opposite' tendency, - namely, - to legalise the sale of game, but no practical measure arose out of it. Now, for his part, he should prefer the legalising the sale of game to severe laws for preventing it from being sold, as he did. not anticipate any wholesome' result front such a measure. Mr. G. BAKES/ in reply, said his Object was to make the Game Laws something better if possible. .... Sir C. IiuRRELL was of opinion that the-buyer, as being the receiver of stolen goods; ought to be visited with ten tidies the penalty on the seller, as he was the person who enjoyed the fruits of the poacher's improper conduct. The game on the estate of the landed proprietor, who, with bad rents and other losses, seldom got mare than two and a half percent. on his purChase-iioney, was as much•his property as the soil itself. Mr. Wait explained, and the House divided. Ayes Noes 26 Majority iii favour of the 8i11....--40 NORTHERN CIRCUITS. , Mr. 'M. A. TAYLOR moved - , " That a Select Committee he appointed to consider whether and by what means the Counties of ‘Vestmoreland, Cumberland,. Durham, Northumberland, and the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, can 'possess the same advantage of Assizes•twice in a year, as'are possessed by all the 'other Counties in England and Wales."—Agreed to, and the .Committee ap pOinted. Mr, BENNET moved she Order of the,Day for the farther consideration of the Report of the Chimney Sweepers' Reg,tdation Bill; which, being agreed to, he moved that it be now re-committed. The !louse having accordingly gone into the Committee, a clailse - vvas inserted, extending the operation of the Bill to Ireland. Some verbal alterations were made, aMI .the Report was or tiered to be received to-morrow. LOTTERIES. Mr. LITTLETON gave notice, that on the 3d of March he should propose a series of Reiolutions against Lotteries. The suhjtct, he 'observed, had been so often argued, that it was impossible to say any thing new upon it. ELECTION LAWS BILL. Mr. Wi-xtiv. having moved the - farther consi deration of the Report of this Bill, the amend ments were read a second time. Some' verbal alterations were proposed, which gave rise to a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Lambe, Mr. Bennet, Sir W. Burrowes, Mr. Wllbertorce, Mr. Margot, Lord M itor , ,and Mr. Lttshington, participated.- 7 -The clause for causing the Poll to b e ,[ 032 ,1 it 400 vo t ers h a il nor poilrdin the first two days, gave rise to many objections; and Mr. John Smith observed, thae as great pains were otten taken to protra c t Elections, this would throw an undue power into the hands of the re turning oflicer. - • Mr. WYNNE defended the clause, and replied to the various objections that, had been urged against it. , Some further discussion took place, in which Mr. Brougham, 'Ali-. G. BiudiCs, General• Thor nton, Dr. Philliniore, and Sir W. Burrowes parti cipated; at the close of which Sir W. &mimes, having proposed that the Rill should bd re-cony- witted, awl having, afterwaill% anuoutiCed tintion of moving thiat the House should be counted, Mr. Wynne consented to re-.commit the for toMorrow, in consi►teration of the thin 'less of the House. He hoped, if this were done, there would be no objection to its being read a third rime on the following day, as it was.olim pmtance that a measure, to be acted upon at the Quarter Sessions, should pass with the least pos sible delay. The Motion before, the House-was then with drawn, and the• Bill was ordered to be recom mitted to-morrow. The Coroner's Bill was posrl►oned till Wednes day next.—Adjotimed. COURT OF COMMON. COUNCIL. Yesterday the Loaf) MAYOR held a Court of Common Council fur the . dispatch•of general bn siness. The LORD mAyoR laid before the , Court a Re port respecting the Borough Compeer, which bad. been submitted to the Court of. Aldermen, and by. them directed to be laid before this Court. The Report stated the miserably defective state of that prison, the danger arising to public ❑corals from the promiscuous intercourse of felons, debtors, &c. and it expressed a hope, that ere , long the Court would adopt some effectual measures for redressing so great an evil. The. Report was referred to the Bridge House Estates Committee. THE LATE EXECUTIONS. Mr.CgooK rose to give notice of his intention to submit a motion to the Court at their next meeting, respecting some unpleasant and 'very painful itcumstances +chic!) h , ol attended the exe cution of .the tour untiappy,drlingnents on Tues day morning. Ile felt himself bound to do so in ills ice to the public'-feeling,hich bad been very much shorkrd. Tie Court expressing a general wish to have the :notion now made, he proceeded.. The execution had 'been, on Tueshy, Very much prottieted, the unhappy individuals not be ing brought out of prison till half-past eight o'clock. Whilst that'of itself was a just ground of complaint, he was pained to say that the sen tence ot the law had been carried into execution in a mast disgraceful manner. He should refrain at pt esent from saying any thing more respecting the conduct of. the. executioner; except that on the fatal occasion he _had been guilty of the grossest, negligence and inattentiOn. This was evident from the Cale in whicli the bodies of the criminals appeared • after they were 'cut down. Ile had last_ night seen three of the bodies, and was sorry to state, that 'from the - marks then apparent; the executioner had by no means done his • duty, but, on the contrary, been guilty of culpable neglect. The fatal rope, instead of marking the neck as usual, had left a deep impression on the chin of one of the women, and had also been placed at the back of her taead instead of her ear, tri, should be al-' ways done in such cases The situation of the other woman was equally deplorable, and ,shevir.: ed the want of proper attention on the part of the individual who fulfilled the, sentence of the law. The body of Hatchman, the unfortunate man for forgery, was another melancholy proof of this, and when the Court were told, that torture of such'a nature' had been inflicted on three individnalS Who had forfeited their lives to the law, he had no doubt they would feel it their imperious duty to inquire into what line of conduct _bad that day been foll Owed, it was with that view that he moved that the Court do inquire into-the cause of the delay which-took place on Tuesday. at the execution of Mary Ann James, Charlotte New man, William ilarchman, and John Attet; and that the Court do also particularly inquire into the conduct of the executioner on that occasion. Mr. Alderman WooD considered the better way would be to send for the Sheriffs, and demand f r om them an explanation of the cirenmstanceiv that at -tended that awful ceremony. 'Fite Sheriffii Were appointed to see the sentence of the law duly exe;. cuted, and they were resininsibleto the Coor'for their 'own conduct and that 'of the Under-SberilfS. He should 'have irtsisted on theit' being instantly sent for Item attending the Old Bailey Sessions, but a's he understood that another meeting of the Court would take place to-morrow, he moved that they be positively enjoined to attend. 'fhb a de lay • had taken place with regard •to the time of executing the sentence was ungitestionable, and it was for them to say how that had happened, and where the cause lay. The public feeling had been grossly outraged by the manner in which the executioner had discharged his duty, for so highly improper had that conduct been, as to have been alluded to in the public Papers of the jay. The Court were bound to inquire into such conduct in justice to the public, and to thersiselves,,and he had no doubt they would see the propriety of so doing immediately,-for it ought to be recollected, that though these and other pet sons were doomed to an ignominious fate, on account of criminality of conduct, they were not on that account to be treated ar ly ~ but as human beings and rational creatures. He. therefore insisted on the Sheriffs attending to-morrow, in their place,,to account to the Court for the delay. After a few Words,from Mr. WaitliMati,on the same side, the Court, seemingly mulch impiessed with this painful occurrence, unanimonsly refer red it to the Committee on City Lands, to in quire into the debiy, and into the conduct of the executioner. CITY PRISONS. Mr. DAVI ss presented a Report from the Corn. mittee of Improvements, -respecting the New Debtors' Prison, in which the Committee recom mended, that the Bill now pending in Parliament, for raising money on the Credit of the Orphans' Fund, be withdrawn. He stated, that the Com mittee had had an interview with Lords Liver pool, Sidrpouth, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, oil the subject, and that it was their opi nion that they could not support the Bill, unless the City Accounts were produced, on which ac count the . Committee thought it better to abandon the Bill., Atter some observations from Messrs. Alder men:Birch, Wood, Goodbehere, Favell, Pearson, Waithman, Slade, &c. he motion for agreeing to . the Report waa negatived, and the Report refer-. I ,red back to the Committee, .with instructions to them- to prosecute thr Bin in Parliament. The other business of ilicCuurt was then post-. honed.- Adjourned at hail-past four o'cloc.k. I_ %NV IN:rELLIGENGS. COMIX KING'S BENCH, Firs. GROISOI V LONSDALB., This was an actiOKbrought by the plajntiff i " order to recover 1561. 0.1. damages *ma r the 01- lowing circumstances. 'iii' „plaintiff , a nursery man, held two acres of bind, iteor Highgate-41in, from the defendant, at the yearly 4 201 ' 4 1 : acre, since the commenceinen: of the fcase ; defendant had built a kiln for the ina nuflot e 0 ' bricks, contiguous to the ground occupied 11.1 -be e plaintiff, but in consequence of the injury which. thereby arose to the trees :.-.;rowing in hit te nant's gionuds, he Was induced, by the aWartl of arbi . trators, to pay the plaintiff -fifty pinnuls da niages, to which he, Of his .own.acco rd, after. wards added 101. Subsequently to t hi4 rennule . - • ration, he, however, built new kilus'at (list:w ee iift somewhat nearer than the sitnation of the Of-mix one from 'the plaintiff's ground. Although the plaintiff, in the latter instance, complained ot. SU taming a mud) 'greater injury than on 'the foto° occasion, yet the defendant -refused to pay B°atl further damages, as he alleged that plaintiff h not sustainel any additional injury. after hear._' ing a mass of contradictory arid uninteresting evidence, the Jtiry gave a verdict of full costs. I°C the plaintiff. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. YHILQMATHJC INSTlTUTioN.—ltreSterthY °nu e the ofliders of 'the Philomathic Society addies the Chairman and Magistrate's,.reques tit , la 3i cence twdiseuss certain ' ques ti o ns of a li-W'zrY b e . philosoplkical nature. The subiect4 e o r wholly independent of - eiiher poiitics tutu e "-/ 0 f TgE CHAIRMAN.—" What ca. o the nar your diseussious be, if morali 7 y be so carat?' et ` eluded from them ?" PHIL6MATH,--" We cow ,idc! , . moral Olt; tl man so plain, that perhaps tyro in!iiviooals t not be found among us who vvoutil disagree twos the point, Our morals - are %ye hove in too per' fect a state to read subjects founded upon s ucle. consideration." • CHAIRMAN--" I cannot, Sir, but complimeut you, white I express my astonishment upon heAr ing that any man, or body of men, cau lay - claiis to perfection !" hibl'ittis a IcoluKrit—‘ , We thank you,-Mr, chairtrao, but give me leave to hand you a card, which 'es" sort of synopsis of the plan upon whic il our society has hitherto been founded." - The CHAIRMAN having consulted the Itiog_,, ll ' trates, said the application should he considere' The PHILOMATEI bowed, and left the Court' OLD BAILEY. • These Sessions commence:l yesterday, be" ' the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Baton GRAHAM, Mr. 3".. tice 110LROYD, Mr. justice BURRO UGH, the A. /1" C9RDER, &c. &C. . • There are on the Middles - ett side 133 prisoftell for trial, and on the London 16 . : among whl cfr are—for Murder 9. Stealing in a dvrrlling-house * Burglary . iAtely iu a s!ic9 1 Forgery lO Rape Highway robbery 3 Larcenies And the remainder For-frauds, rec:eiviiii, stolen ,"0.4,);15, &-c•-: STATE OF NEWGATo: : ' - Males Under Sentence of death 'fransportatiou for life , FOurteen years Seven years Respitevi during pleasure Imprisoned for misdemeanors ... Convicted and respited Fur trial. • 132 Fel:o3 l es. Total 319 John Fitzmaurice was indicted for felaniousir e assaulting John Taylor Vaughan; o u tlt highway, and stcaliuj from his person a hat , ‘ w. bite one pcomd. • The prosecutor is a merchant, residing in — l6 , ton-street, Piccadilly: On the-6th of . in fat, last, in the evvoing. about_ a quarter pest I ' big "tv pas.ing through St. James's-Plu,;e , • I ! ) „I' 6 way to dine at fl'ittUd . B honse; and violent blow upon'the forehead by some one. I, 4 he could not tell frrini whom. lie rro l" pce d down when he got tip again, he cried out, 4' Str i r o him." He then distinctly Saw the 'pris° ll 6. ' w , knocked him down again, and, shat . cliing, his from the ground, ran off. Upon reenv ei , jug „ h: 74 self, the prosecutor cri e d ou t, as loml as ne Alurder, murder'." th e •t• • • s alt 4 "" 1. phsonet Wd apprehended. Two or three witn esses were c alled correctness of the prosecutor's statement, and tt s : apprehension of • the p r i soner . The pri'•"" . „I, g d, up a place where t h ere was ' no t h oro ughfare; - a uci finding be could no t get awa y, he fell &O il ' pretended to be d e ad d run k. lorlg T prihe soner in his defence entered into 8 s i l o reason he assi gn ed f or str iki n g to pl'oec 41e .)_ statement. li e h a d drank too much : the prOsecutor that he was purstritT, a man who had robb ed 1)1 : 1 ,; and took Mr. Vaughan for thief, whi le real thief got away, • Thejory found - a verdict—Not Guilty a' The other Trials were . devoid of. the slight interest. COAL MARKET,' Feb. B. - Ships at Market. 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